Lemon Squeezy vs Lovable
Merchant of record for digital products and SaaS
vs. AI app builder with shared team workspace — unlimited users per plan
Pricing tiers
Lemon Squeezy
Pay-as-you-go
No monthly fees. 5% + 50¢ per transaction. Includes tax handling.
$0 base (usage-based)
Lovable
Free
Limited features baseline. Try out and build small demos.
Free
Pro
$25/month (shared across unlimited users). 100 credits/mo + 5 daily (up to 150/mo). Custom domains, remove Lovable badge, user roles.
$25/mo
Business
$50/month (shared). Everything in Pro + Internal publish, SSO, Team workspace, personal projects, design templates, security center.
$50/mo
Enterprise
Custom (platform fee by company size). Covers all employees. Volume credits, dedicated support, onboarding, SCIM, audit logs.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing payg on Lemon Squeezy vs free on Lovable.
| Metric | Lemon Squeezy | Lovable |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Lemon Squeezy · 12 features
- Abandoned Cart Recovery — Email retry campaigns (+5% fee on recovered).
- Affiliate Program — Built-in affiliate/referral program with payouts.
- Custom Checkout Domain — Checkout at checkout.yourbrand.com.
- Customer Portal — Self-service subscription + invoice management UI.
- Discounts / Coupons — Percentage / fixed / trial discount codes.
- Global Tax (included) — Automatic VAT/GST/sales tax calc + remittance. LS files taxes on your behalf.
- Hosted Checkout — Hosted + embeddable checkout. Customize color + logo.
- License Keys — Generate + validate license keys for software sales.
- One-off Sales — Digital products with license keys, file delivery.
- Reports & Analytics — Revenue, MRR, churn, LTV.
- Subscriptions — Recurring billing with trials, proration, discounts.
- Webhooks — Standard resource events (order_created, subscription_created/updated/cancelled,…
Lovable · 16 features
- Connect External APIs — Chat: "connect OpenAI API" → done.
- Custom Domains — Publish at yourbrand.com.
- Design Templates — Pre-made design systems (Business tier).
- GitHub 2-way Sync — Commit from Lovable or edit in repo — reflects both ways.
- Image/Sketch to UI — Upload screenshot → get matching UI.
- Internal Publish — Deploy internally only (Business tier).
- Live Preview — See the app live while iterating.
- Prompt-to-App — Natural language → running React app.
- Remove Lovable Badge — White-label output — no Lovable branding.
- SCIM Provisioning (Ent) — Directory sync.
- Security Center — Audit + permissions console (Business+).
- Stripe Integration — Built-in Stripe payments setup.
- Supabase Native — First-class Supabase auth + DB integration.
- Team Workspace — Shared projects + roles.
- User Roles — Role-based access control.
- Visual Edit — Click element → describe change.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Lemon Squeezy | Lovable |
|---|---|---|
| SDK | @lemonsqueezy/lemonsqueezy.js | — |
| REST | Lemon Squeezy REST API | Lovable API (preview) |
| OTHER | Webhooks | GitHub 2-way sync, Lovable Web App, Supabase Native |
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